Basin-trap clearer



(Nomel') J. E. KELSBY.

BASIN TRAP GLEARER. No. 303.858. Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

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stein-TRAP CLEARER.

SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent No. 303,858, dated August 19, 1884.

App ication tiled August 2B, ISES. (No model.)

To 0.'.Z inkom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. Kinsey, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ol" New York, have invented a new and useful 5 Improvement in Basin-Trap Glearers,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact deseription. y

Reference is to be had tothe accom panying` y drawing, forming a part oi' this specification, and which is aside elevation, partly in section, of my improvement, illustrating its use. Y" My invention consists incertain improvements inthat class of trap-clearcrs in which a flexible tube is used to connect the faucet with the Ioutlet-pipe; and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter full'y described, and speciiically set forth in the claims. e A represents the stand; Il, the basi n; C, the trap; D,- the discharge pipe; h2, the waterpipe, and F the faucet, about thelconstruction of which parts there is nothingr new.

G is a pipe, of rubber or other lllexible material, of suicient length to extend from the discharge-nozzle of the faucet F to the discharge-opening in the bottom of the basin Ii. The lower end of the flexible pipe G is eonnected with a hollow stopper, II, of rubber or other suitable material, and made of such a size as to fit into the dischawtrc-opening,` of the basin B.

In using the'impleinent the other end of the vpipe G is placed upon the nozzle of the faucet F, and the stopper H is inserted in the discharge-opening ofthe basin I3. The faucet F is then opened,and the water is forced through the pipe G into the trap C by the pressure upon the water in the pipeli, so that any sediment or other obstruction that may be in the trap C will be forced out into the dischargepipe D, and thence to the sewenl Upon the pipe G, near its upper end, is

placed a disk, I, of rubber or other suitable material, to be used instead of the stopper II in oase the discharge-opening` in the bottom oi.' 4 5 the basin I3 be too large to be closed by the stopper II. In this case the pipe G is rcversed, the end provided with the stopper il being` placed upon the nozzle of the faucet F, and the other end being introduced into the discharge-opening,` ofthe basin ll, so that the disk I will cover and close the said dischargeopening.

I am aware that it is not new to connect the faucet and wastepipe by means of a ilexible 55 tube provided with an air bulb; also, that it is not new to place a perforated tube in a water-closet trap and i'orce water through said apertured tube by a suitable pump, and I do not desire to claim such constructions as of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, Ielaini as new and desire to secure by Letters Iatentf l. A clearing-pipe for basins, consisting of the liexible pipe G, provided at one end with a hollow tapering stoppen-,whereby the wastepipe and faucet may be conneetcd,i'br the pnrpese set -forth.

2. A olearing-pipe for basins, eonsislingol' the vflexible pipe G and the disk I thereon, 7( for the purpose set forth. v

3. A basin-trap clearer, consisting' oi' a ile-xi` ble tube,G, for connecting the faucet with the outlet or waste-pipe, provided at one end with a hollow flexible stopper, I-I, and near its other end with a llexible disk, I, whereby the eleareris adapted to be applied to basins having large or small outlets by simply reversing the tube, substantially asset forth.

.IAM ES E. KELSEY.

Witnessesz .IAA/ins T. GRAHAM, C. SEDGWICK. 

